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Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers from 178 Conversations

This is an episode unlike any other... I've listened through some of the best answers to the question: "What are the common characteristics/themes amongst those who have sustained excellence over an extended period of time?" We (my editor, Scott Donnell and me) pulled out some of the best, most useful answers and created an "all-star" Sustaining Excellence episode. I think you'll like it. I welcome all feedback via Twitter or you can send me an e-mail.

Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers from 178 Conversations

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In This Episode, You Will Learn

#78 Kat Cole - A scale, a balance of 2 buckets: Courage & Confidence + Curiosity & Humility. "They are productive achievers vs destructive achievers"

#127 Adam Grant - "They are dedicated learners. What's fascinating by them is no matter how much excellence they achieve, they are always raising the bar. The more they accomplish the more they expect of themselves. Curiosity is the starting point for all originality"

#107 Simon Sinek - "They have vision, they have charisma? I'm not so sure that's true. They don't need a Steve Jobs vision. One thing I'm comfortable saying is courage. It takes tremendous courage to stick to your values."

#117 Tim Urban - "The impact you make is the level of measurement for a leader. It's different than what's normal"

#86 Seth Godin - "They've made a choice"

#114 Cal Newport - "The leader respects how hard everything is that's worth doing." Everything's harder than you think. Impactful contribution is really hard."

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